Declan Burns (born 26 June 1956) is an
Irish
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Common meanings
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** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
canoe sprint
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are s ...
er who competed from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s. At the
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
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in
Montreal
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, he was eliminated in the repechages of both the
K-2 500 m and the
K-4 1000 m events.
Four years later in
Moscow
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, Burns was eliminated in the repechages of the
K-1 500 m event. At his third and
final Summer Olympics in
Seoul
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, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the
K-2 1000 m event.
References
Sports-reference.com profile
1956 births
Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Irish male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Ireland
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